Why Conservatives Hate Free Speech

[JustAGuy1]

This is who I am

"Classical liberalism is a political and economic philosophy that advocates for limited government, individual rights and liberties, and a free market economy. It emerged during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe and North America as a reaction against the powerful authority of absolute monarchies, feudalism, and mercantilist policies. "

 

[Thinker101]

The conservative movement has spent the days following the shocking murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk attacking a bedrock American value: free speech.

In the most high-profile incident, the Federal Communications Commission pressured ABC parent The Walt Disney Company to sideline talk show host Jimmy Kimmel after he made a joke mocking President Donald Trump’s response to Kirk’s death. This followed CBS canceling “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” shortly after the network paid a $16 million settlement to President Donald Trump over how “60 Minutes” edited an interview with Kamala Harris.

Vice President JD Vance and senior White House aide Stephen Miller have argued that a crackdown on left-of-center groups is necessary to stop people from telling the truth about what a bigot and conspiracy theorist Kirk was.

To give cover to their war on speech, conservatives have declared nearly everything they oppose politically as “woke,” and then pushed for the removal of “woke” things— including speech and diversity—from public and private institutions and individuals.

Conservatism has a serious problem when it comes to competing in an open war of ideas. Many conservative priorities, like racism and economic policies bent around the desires of the ultra-wealthy, are not popular with the public at large. To allow an open exchange of ideas is to allow for the chance that liberalism and the Democratic Party might succeed.

Why conservatives hate free speech

Explaining the Right is a weekly series that looks at what the right wing is currently obsessing over, how it influences politics—and why you need to know. The conservative movement has spent ...

www.dailykos.com

Good article, but the author could have just said they are all scared little snowflakes, and saved bandwidth.

Christianists are the worst.

Yep, you clowns are all about free speech, you just don't want the consequences.

 

[buttercup]

I love free speech, but it has limits. If express violent speech, and you have the power to put that speech into action, I'm of the mind that speech is dangerous and should be prosecuted. Having a sentiment is fine, acting negatively on it is not.

Violence against others is already against the law.

Speech is not violence.

When you start adopting leftist / Orwellian ideas like "hate speech" you're only shooting yourself in the foot, because eventually it will be weaponized against you, me, and all of us. If you want to end up like the UK? Proceed. If you want to live in a free country? Don't allow yourself to be manipulated into supporting unconstitutional, authoritarian, anti-freedom ideas.

 

[JustAGuy1]

I find it unsettling how 1984 and Brave New World are prescient.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Speech is not violence.

Violent speech and speech that calls for violence is not speech.

 

[Thinker101]

Violence against others is already against the law.

Speech is not violence.

When you start adopting leftist / Orwellian ideas like "hate speech" you're only shooting yourself in the foot, because eventually it will be weaponized against you, me, and all of us. If you want to end up like the UK? Proceed. If you want to live in a free country? Don't allow yourself to be manipulated into supporting unconstitutional, authoritarian, anti-freedom ideas.

Violence against others is against the law. The fricken liberal judges will hold them over for an extra five minutes, giving them a good talking to before setting them free.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Violence against others is already against the law.

Speech is not violence.

When you start adopting leftist / Orwellian ideas like "hate speech" you're only shooting yourself in the foot, because eventually it will be weaponized against you, me, and all of us. If you want to end up like the UK? Proceed. If you want to live in a free country? Don't allow yourself to be manipulated into supporting unconstitutional, authoritarian, anti-freedom ideas.

Listen to what Pam Bondi said about violent speech in her interview today.

Sometimes words fail me.

 

[JustAGuy1]

Listen to what Pam Bondi said about violent speech in her interview today.

Sometimes words fail me.

She has to go

 

[TemplarKormac]

She has to go

She does, but what she says on speech is correct.

 

[buttercup]

Violence against others is against the law. The fricken liberal judges will hold them over for an extra five minutes, giving them a good talking to before setting them free.

Yes, that's what I just said.

And yes, I agree that those 'liberal' judges are part of the problem.

 

[TemplarKormac]

She does, but what she says on speech is correct.

buttercup

Why do you disagree?

 

[Missouri_Mike]

They don't want to have A voice, they want to have THE voice.

No competition allowed. It's an authoritarian thing.

We want free speech. We want the competition. You aren’t capable of competing is why your side resorted to bullets. You couldn’t win on the battlefield of ideas so you became violent and killed someone.

Don’t give me this you’re free speech when you resort to killing when you lose.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Speech can cause violence. Speech itself is not violence.

 

[RhodyPatriot]

Violent speech and speech that calls for violence is not speech.

Yep.

This.

And it's not a difficult concept.

Unless you're a Leftist.

 

[buttercup]

buttercup

Why do you disagree?

She's an authoritarian and I don't trust her at all. She's already shown she doesn't care about the constitution or civil liberties.

It's sad that you agree with her and not Charlie Kirk.

 

[RhodyPatriot]

She's an authoritarian and I don't trust her at all. She's already shown she doesn't care about the constitution or civil liberties.

It's sad that you agree with her and not Charlie Kirk.

She just misspoke.

She meant "violence" but said "hate speech" because (admittedly), she's not the brightest bulb.

But there's nothing more to it than that.

She literally walked it back like three days ago.

This line of inquiry is just plain stupid.

 

[TemplarKormac]

She's an authoritarian and I don't trust her at all. She's already shown she doesn't care about the constitution or civil liberties.

It's sad that you agree with her and not Charlie Kirk.

Now that you mention it...

Trump hounds Bondi to prosecute adversaries in now-deleted social media post: 'They're all guilty as hell'

President Donald Trump deleted a Truth Social post demanding Attorney General Pam Bondi prosecute James Comey, Adam Schiff and Letitia James, calling her 'all talk, no action.'

www.foxnews.com

 

[Rambunctious]

The conservative movement has spent the days following the shocking murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk attacking a bedrock American value: free speech.

In the most high-profile incident, the Federal Communications Commission pressured ABC parent The Walt Disney Company to sideline talk show host Jimmy Kimmel after he made a joke mocking President Donald Trump’s response to Kirk’s death. This followed CBS canceling “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” shortly after the network paid a $16 million settlement to President Donald Trump over how “60 Minutes” edited an interview with Kamala Harris.

Vice President JD Vance and senior White House aide Stephen Miller have argued that a crackdown on left-of-center groups is necessary to stop people from telling the truth about what a bigot and conspiracy theorist Kirk was.

To give cover to their war on speech, conservatives have declared nearly everything they oppose politically as “woke,” and then pushed for the removal of “woke” things— including speech and diversity—from public and private institutions and individuals.

Conservatism has a serious problem when it comes to competing in an open war of ideas. Many conservative priorities, like racism and economic policies bent around the desires of the ultra-wealthy, are not popular with the public at large. To allow an open exchange of ideas is to allow for the chance that liberalism and the Democratic Party might succeed.

Why conservatives hate free speech

Explaining the Right is a weekly series that looks at what the right wing is currently obsessing over, how it influences politics—and why you need to know. The conservative movement has spent ...

www.dailykos.com

Good article, but the author could have just said they are all scared little snowflakes, and saved bandwidth.

Christianists are the worst.

You must be kidding....

 

[elektra]

Conservatism has a serious problem when it comes to competing in an open war of ideas.

I know, cause democrats assassinated the next MAGA president, Charlie Kirk

 

[BluesLegend]

Why Conservatives Hate Free Speech​

Why you LIE about Conservatives...I'm guessing because douchebag lying POS left wing Dem scumbag.